“On one hand it’s like any other hockey tournament,” Canadian forward Brianne Jenner said, “and on the other, it is our Stanley Cup.” That is, if the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens played each other in the Stanley Cup finals every year. To say the 2014 loss to the Canadians has elicited strong emotions…

The way Steelers tight end Jesse James figures, he has been asked about the catch every day since it wasn’t a catch. But he does take one bit of comfort in the way things worked out, even though his potential game-winning touchdown against the Patriots in December was wiped out. And he can thank the…

Photo Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, was fined $600,000 for public statements that were deemed detrimental to the N.B.A. He acknowledged the team was losing on purpose. Credit LM Otero/Associated Press A day after the Dallas Mavericks were the subject of a shocking exposé on the team’s inappropriate workplace environment, things got…